One of the first movement patterns that I teach my clients and athletes is the hip hinge. It’s one of the fundamental movement patterns you’ll use for most of your lower body training. For example, the Romanian Deadlift and Stiff Leg Deadlift utilize the hip hinge pattern to bow forward. The Russian style kettlebell swing

Olympic lifting (the clean and jerk and the snatch) are valuable training methods for increasing full body power. The ability to recruit high-threshold motor units or type II muscle fibers (fast twitch fibers) means you’ll be able to produce more force in a shorter amount of time, be able to sprint and accelerate faster and

*This is a guest post by Travis Stoetzel from www.travisstoetzel.com and www.theforgedathlete.com. Travis uses hardcore aggressive methods to build lean muscular physiques in his Omaha, NE gym called The Forged Athlete Gym. His training principles are in line with mine so I thought it would be cool to get this beast of a man to write a guest

It’s amazing what kind of stuff pops up on the internet. Tonight, this video popped up on my Facebook newsfeed http://youtu.be/uDawlrIeaVM – I can’t repost the video here because the option has been disabled. But here’s a picture:

The review paper by Aagaard and Andersen titled Effects of strength training on endurance capacity in top-level endurance athletes, discusses concurrent strength and endurance training in highly trained endurance athletes. Previous research in this area is equivocal. Some studies show improvement in endurance performance while others have found an attenuated cardiovascular response. This paper reviews

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I started training with Jon for the upcoming 2014/2015 NHL hockey season. Jon faced some unique challenges as I suffered from chronic low back pain. In addition to working on my overall fitness and conditioning, I wanted to improve my flexibility and mobility and minimize or eliminate my low back pain. Jon was able to tailor my workout program which focused specifically on improving the mobility in my hips and strength and stability in my core. My strength and mobility improved over the summer months and my back pain subsided greatly. Thanks for all your help Jon!

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I started training with Jon for the upcoming 2014/2015 NHL hockey season. Jon faced some unique challenges as I suffered from chronic low back pain. In addition to working on my overall fitness and conditioning, I wanted to improve my flexibility and mobility and minimize or eliminate my low back pain. Jon was able to tailor my workout program which focused specifically on improving the mobility in my hips and strength and stability in my core. My strength and mobility improved over the summer months and my back pain subsided greatly. Thanks for all your help Jon!